Are tea pots from China safe to use?

When I was in Shanghai a couple years back I purchased a gung fu tea
set from Ten Fu tea, which I believe is a nationwide chain. I've heard
that some yixing sets contain lead. Knowing this, and in light of
recent product quality issues, should I be worried about this?

On Sep 23, 11:41 pm, alex.kr...@ wrote:
> When I was in Shanghai a couple years back I purchased a gung fu tea
> set from Ten Fu tea, which I believe is a nationwide chain. I've heard
> that some yixing sets contain lead. Knowing this, and in light of
> recent product quality issues, should I be worried about this?

I would think so. You can get a lead testing kit from your drug store
or hardware store. I know pottery from Mexico shouldn't be used until
it's tested, I'd certainly add China. Toci

yeah if it's glazed on the inside, you might check it out, understanding
that it would really only be dangerous if you drank from it for 40 years or
served kids from it.

If it's just unglazed yixing clay then there will be no lead in it. Lead is
not in clay, it's in some glazes.